Paint mixer



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PAINT MIXER Filed May 1 2. 1926 yljatentecl Feb. 8, 1927.

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FREDERICK BECKORD, OF WHITE HOUSE, N JERSEY. s

PAINT MIXER.

' v Application led May 12,

or cause an upward movement of paint pigments adjacent the bottom of thecan, thereby insuring a quick and rapid mixing of the paint. Theupwardly extending flanges carriedby the dished. member cause the deviceto 'partially cup the vliquid in its upward movement thereby setting upupward and outwardcurrents in the can, consequently in connection withthe dished member forms a mixing device which has a mixing action on itsdownward and upward movement.

A further object is to provide the under side ofthe dished member with atransverse notched vrib or flange which extends below 'thev plane of thelower side of the dished member and which flange, during the mixingoperation, may-loe`-A forced into the partially solidified paintpigments in the bottom `of the can for'breaking up and dislodging thesame so upon an upward movement of the device, said paint will be suckedupwardly therewith. y Y

'A further object is to make'the dished member rectangularly shaped, andto provide the dished member with a plurality of downward and outwardlyinclined triangularly shaped surfaces, which surfaceswill deflect liquiddownwardly and outwardly in opposite directions thereby insuring a moreperfect mixture.

A further object is to form the dished member from a single piece ofsheet metal bent upon itself to form the cutting flange, and bentoutwardly from the upper edges ofthe flanges of the cutting flange andinterengaging means at opposite sides of the flanges for holding 'thetriangularly shaped inclined planes together.

A further object is to provide a handle 'member, the lower end of whichhandle 1926. Serial No. 108,558.

member terminates kin spaced downwardly extendinoF arms, which armsextend downwardly through the dished member at opposite sides ofthejdislodging flange and terminates in hooked portions extendingthrough the dislodging flange in opposite directions, thereby bracingthe flange and preventing transverse spreading of the parts forming theflange. .f

`With the above and other objects in ViewA the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be Vmade within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mixing device.

lligure 2 isan enlarged front elevation of the lower portion of themixing device.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of theV dished agitator.

Figure l is a lbottom perspective view of the dished agitator.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view ofk the central portion of thedished agitator, shoW- ing the same partially spread to better show thestructure.

Referring to the drawing,ithe numeral 1` designates the dished agitator,which member has its chamber 2downwardlyV disposed and is preferablyformed from triangularly` shaped members 3, which incline downwardly andoutwardly and have corners terminating adjacent the center of the mixing'del vice. 4The triangularly shaped ,members 3 Y are preferably formedintegral with the flanges 4,-whichwhenfbent together form a diagonallyextending paint dislodging and cutting flange 5., The adjacent edges ofthe triangularly shaped portions Bare provided with interengaged flanges6' which prevent spreading of the triangularly shaped members 3 inrelation to eachother and at a right angle to the cutting and dislodgingflange 5. The lower ends of the Vtriangularly shaped members 3 terminatein -upwardly,

extending flanges 7, the ends of which areV in spaced relation therebyforming discharge passages 8 at the corners of the device, throughzwhichliquid may pour or pass as the device is moved upwardly in a' body ofpaint. Flanges 7 cut the paint on the up- Y rward,inovementand setup,.upward. currents, therefore itwillr bev seen thene-isa stirring- Yactionv on the upward movement of the device as well as on the downwardmovement thereof. Upon the downwardI movement 'of' the device in a canof paint, the downwards. ly and outwardly inclinedy members 3, whichform the chamber 2, notonly out; thel ma?.

i jshowninFiglllfeSlLand 2, after itispassed..

terial and set up currents but deflect currents-.downdwardly,v and;outwardly, conse:y

quently cause, currentstoengage the bottem ofv the,y receptacle for..bringingv up the dislodged,.paint pigmentsV from the bottom of ,the ireceptacle.-

Flange @extends below theilofwer end` of.

themixing,member l, and onthe end'of` the downward 'g stroke, cuts orIimbeds itself in the solidified paint inthe bottom ofthe can,

a; therebyy partially e dislodging the` same, lat

whichk time the operator may impart a slightA rotation tothe twistedhandle member 9 Y which: willfurther dislodge the paint, andv alleva-theSame tobevsucked-upwardly upon the 1upward movementiof the device.lFlange 5t is.; preferably provided witha,;plurality of netches- 6ft.which allow theflangezto be easily imbedded and at the same .time allowsa mixingaction upon a partial rotation-of f-.the device.4Twistedghand-lei member 9. is

preferably formed from a singlepiece of,

relatively. heavy wiretwisted'V together. as

throughV a, 'horizontally disposed handle member l0. The lower ends ofthe wiresill which A form thel handle -member :9 terminate in oppositelyextending arms12which arms termina-te in vertically disposed arms-i 13whichextend downwardlyfthrough apertures. in opposit'ely,v disposed;triangularly 14 shaped members, and at opposite sides of the cuttingandydislodging flange( 5, and

terminate in heoks 1-5Y 4which: extend through apertures ll in the.flange and from op-I` positesidesof'the flange, thereforeiit will beseen that thehooksl inconnectionwith the, handle-asa whole willpreventthreading sides 4`of .thecutting and vdislod/ging yflange 5.

vided which is positive in .itsoperatiom agi-v tates Von the upward and1 downward strokes and is provided. with v a. cutting. and dislodglingflangeVV extendingbelow` the agitator From thefaboveit willgbe seenthata. plunger typeofg paint `mixing deviceis prof..

ing to thesize `of the receptacle in which it is tov be used. y

The invention having been set forth what is. claimed as new and usefulis l. The combination with an agitating device. hayingf.k a chamber inthe underside thereof, of a cutting flange having notches ther-ein,`said; cutting flange exten-ding below said sagitating', devicelandffacross said chamsber,l and-g `for-ming the same' intoindependent:` chambers.'

2. A plunger agit-ating device comprising a. body memberl having a.chamber in the underside4 thereof, a. downwardlyY extending:Aflangeextending across said; chamber., upf. wardlyextendingflangesicarried byfoppof site sides. off vthe i body membeimand.terminatseV ing1 inl spacedi relation; and anv upwardly exy endinghandle carriedv by saidbodylmemf er. f

3.. An` agitating; devicecomprising Aa body.y member havingra lchamberein the underside thereof-, .said body: member beingfrectangu. larlyshaped, a. diagonallydisposed downs. wardlyA extending., cutting. and:dislodging. flangecarried. by theunderside of the body member,oppositely= disposed zfupwardlyf. ex-A tending flanges carried bythetbody imember and; terminatingi'in spaced. .relation to the other i at;kthe cornersaof; the body memberw interengaging. means. between'fthe;adjacent portions of the triangularly shaped members'.V and meansforlpreventing. spreading :of theY flange., f

6.: An agitating s device I. formed Y from.vk a. singlefsheet ofmaterial, said sheeti-ofamate;-v rial .bei-ngfbentuponf itself to formadownwardly extending flange, triangularlysli'aped interengaged memberslcarriedby the upper, end of the portions forming the downwardly,.Vextending flange, interengaging lmeans bef lnveenthey triangularlyshaped portions,and

1,616,567 i i l3 upyvardly extending flanges carried by the by thehandle member and extending doWn- 5 outer ends of the trangularlyrshapedpor- Wardly Vthrough apertures inthe adjacent 10 tions. sections atopposite sides of the flange land.

7 The. combination With an agtating dethrough said ange. Vice having atransversely vdisposed* down- In testimony Whereor1 I hereunto affix myWardly extending rib formed from material signature v bent upon itselfthereby forming adjacent v K- sections, a handle memberyof arms carriedFREDERICK BECKORD.

